October, 1982: When I Too Was Young and "Naive" and First “Felt the Bern”...
Well, I was certainly young, and certainly more naive than I am today, a freshman at a well-known and “centrally isolated” Ivy League university whose beautiful campus was situated on a scenic hill...
View ArticleShorter Trump
America, be angry and scared.Very, VERY angry and scared.The end is well nigh at hand.America has become too black, brown and yellow and I’m going to fix it with my bare fists, magical pony and...
View ArticleBREAKING: Comey Says F.B.I. Investigating Hillary’s Ties to Bill Clinton
Comey Says F.B.I. Investigating Hillary’s Ties to Bill ClintonHeh, caught your attention with the clickbait, didn’t I?Gotcha!Sorry, but just some shameless election eve hijacking of infinitely more...
View ArticleI Have No Words
None of us really do, or could have, that are up to the task of properly responding to and comprehending this great national tragedy. It’s almost pointless to even try, although many will, and some...
View ArticleSo, It's Done. Now Comes Reality.
Yeah, right, whatever, I “swear”, heh... Nothing much to add here, thinking what everyone else here is thinking, wanting to retch or make it all go away. But it won’t, of course. He is the president...
View ArticleDeVos Confirmed as Next Secretary of Education
The vote just ended, 50-50, with Pence casting the deciding vote for. It’s done. Another unqualified jerk joins Team Trump.Now they appear to be voting to end debate and invoke cloture on the Sessions...
View ArticleApp-logies to bubba, but Hahahahahahaha!
Remember Steve Stockman, wingnut Tea Party GOP congressman from the great state of Texas, who served a single term in the 90’s and then another one during the Obama era, and was one of Obama’s biggest...
View ArticleLegal/Practical Advice Needed, For My Mom
My mom's in a very unpleasant and worrisome situation with her downstairs neighbors, as well as with her landlord, in a two-family semi-attached apartment building (two apartments in each building...
View ArticleCrushed Supporters Abandon Trump in Droves After Admission it Wasn't Him in...
In a sudden and bizarre development, staunch Trump supporters across the country have been abandoning their former idol in record numbers upon finding out that he admitted that it was not his voice in...
View ArticleHaha! Comey Hires Fitz as His Lawyer!
Sorry for the short diary but I didn’t see this anywhere else here. Former FBI director James Comey just hired Patrick Fitzgerald as one of his lawyers! Oh this is sweet!As most here probably know,...
View ArticleTy Cobb Off Trump Legal Team, Emmet Flood In
Just a quick hit since I haven’t seen it mentioned here and it’s just breaking, but apparently Ty Cobb will be leaving the Trump legal team by the end of this month, and top DC lawyer Emmet Flood will...
View ArticleBREAKING: Freedom Caucus's Jim Jordan Accused of Ignoring Sexual Abuse as...
This has already been covered in a recent diary but it has the potential to become a huge story that can do the GOP major harm in both its attempts to discredit and derail the Mueller investigation and...
View ArticleCycling Commentator Paul Sherwen Has Died
For those of you who don’t follow professional road cycling his name probably doesn’t mean anything to you, but Paul Sherwen, former professional road cyclist and one of the most famous and beloved...
View ArticleBREAKING: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg Recovering From Lung Cancer Surgery...
Quick diary, just saw this on my news feed. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg is recovering from lung cancer surgery that she underwent this morning, to remove several malignant tumors from her...
View ArticleBREAKING: FBI Has Been Investigating Trump as Possible Russian Agent Since 2017
A quick hit since I haven’t seen anything on this here yet, no doubt others will do it far more justice.But the NYT just broke a story on how the FBI has been investigating Donald Trump, not his...
View ArticleSCOTUS Cancels Trump Administration Appeal on DIFFERENT Census Citizenship...
I just saw this and no one appears to have written about it here. Today the Supreme Court cancelled arguments in an appeal that was supposed to come before it a month from now regarding the...
View ArticleBREAKING: NYC's LaGuardia Airport Bars All Incoming Flights Due to Shutdown
Citing safety concerns due to the shutdown, the FAA just barred New York City’s LaGuardia airport, one of the country’s busiest, from allowing incoming flights to land there. Only outgoing flights are...
View ArticleManafort Sentenced to Additional 43 Months, Total of 7.5 Years, Includes Time...
Judge Jackson’s ruling just came in. The headline says it all. Time served is 9 months. Only question is if and when he gets a pardon or commutation.Apologies for quick hit but just getting this out...
View ArticleDick Dale Has Died At 81
I just saw this. If his name doesn’t ring a bell, think surfer rock with a hard guitar riff sound and that unmistakable dum-da-da-dum-da beat. Think Miserlou, the instrumental song made famous anew by...
View ArticleLegal/Practical Advice Needed, For My Mom
My mom's in a very unpleasant and worrisome situation with her downstairs neighbors, as well as with her landlord, in a two-family semi-attached apartment building (two apartments in each building...
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